{"id":875,"date":"2019-10-15T18:32:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T18:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimesgriots.com\/?p=875"},"modified":"2026-09-02T06:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:19:47","slug":"ultimes-griots-au-mali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/ultimes-griots-au-mali\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimes Griots in Mali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We tell you about our visit to Mali \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf1 \u2014 the sites we explored and the people we met. The purpose of this trip was to draw on our cultures to create the imagination that brings all of Africa together. That is the mission Ultimes Griots set itself in Mali. For the rest, follow us&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The sites we visited<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Bamako Museum<\/li><li>The prehistoric park&nbsp;<\/li><li>Kanganba<\/li><li>The National Institute of Arts of Bamako<\/li><li>Koulikoro &#8211; The tomb of <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soumaoro_Kant%C3%A9\">Sumanguru Kante<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li>Mount Keme Bourama &#8211; statue of the legendary half-brother of <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samory_Tour%C3%A9\">Samori<\/a> &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;tomb of some sofa warriors&nbsp;<\/li><li>The library of the French cultural center&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nianakulu hills are the place where Sumanguru Kante was last seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-person meetings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ousmane Diarra, writer and librarian at the French cultural center. This great writer, poet,&nbsp;novelist and speaker was won over by the Ultimes Griots project. Collaborations are in the works. Stay tuned for what comes next. The man is passionate about African culture and hosts \u201cstory hour\u201d at the French cultural center \u2014 a space for sharing African tales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans of Ultimes Griots in Mali (Momo Oular\u00e9 and Simi J\u00e9r\u00f4me) were also there. We were given a warm welcome in Bamako. J\u00e9r\u00f4me, a man with a big heart, even offered to put us up. Unfortunately&nbsp;\ud83d\ude29, we had already booked and paid for our accommodation. Thank you all the same, J\u00e9r\u00f4me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With&nbsp;Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Mahamane and Moussa, we talked on the phone. Meeting in person wasn\u2019t possible because of overlapping schedules. But next visit will surely be the one!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The artist Boulby and his manager Aly Traor\u00e9. After we presented the Ultimes Griots project, the artist made available the soundtracks of his hit song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-GknY3C2zT0\">Djeliya<\/a>\u201d. Our videos will tell you more. A big thank you to the artist and his team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, a big thank you to Alimatou Traor\u00e9, who coordinated our travel. Without her, our stay&nbsp;would not have been so well organized. The Dibi (grilled meat)&nbsp;was stratospheric&nbsp;\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\udc4d!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, we spent 04 intense days with our brothers and sisters in Mali. But the time was not enough. It would take a whole lifetime to grasp the full cultural depth of Mali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will be back \ud83d\ude42 God willing. Next stop: Cameroon&nbsp;\u2764\ufe0f \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf2 \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nous vous racontons notre visite au Mali \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf1 \u2014 les sites parcourus et les personnes rencontr\u00e9es. Le but de ce voyage \u00e9tait de puiser dans nos cultures pour cr\u00e9er l&rsquo;imaginaire qui rassemble toute l\u2019Afrique. C\u2019est la mission que s\u2019est donn\u00e9 Ultimes Griots au Mali. La suite, suivez-nous&#8230;&nbsp; Les sites visit\u00e9s Le mus\u00e9e de Bamako Le [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[463],"tags":[511,512,497,513],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infos","tag-nianankulu","tag-soumangourou-kante","tag-ultimes-griots","tag-visite-au-mali"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/462"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7370,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/7370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimesgriots.com\/en_US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}